Description |
605 pages ; 18 cm |
Series |
Cities in flight |
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Blish, James.
Cities in flight.
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Contents |
They shall have stars -- A life for the stars -- Earthman, come home -- The triumph of time -- Afterword by Richard D. Mullen |
Summary |
A life for the stars: Centuries later, antigravity generators have enabled entire cities to leave earth's surface and become galactic wanderers |
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Earthman, come home: The nomadic cities revert to barbarism and rogue cities begin to threaten the civilized worlds |
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The triumph of time: The cities journey into space and make a discovery which could lead to the destruction of the entire universe |
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They shall have stars: Man has thoroughly explored the solar system, yet the dream of going further resides in one man. This results in two discoveries -antigravity and immortality |
Notes |
All four novels of the Cities in flight series in one volume |
Subject |
Interstellar travel -- Fiction.
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Science fiction, American.
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Space colonies -- Fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Novels.
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Author |
Blish, James.
Earthman come home.
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Blish, James.
Life for the stars.
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Blish, James.
They shall have stars.
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Blish, James.
Triumph of time.
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ISBN |
0380009986 |
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0380416166 |
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9780380009985 |
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9780380416165 |
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